Chapter 225: Fleeing!
Gu Yuan stared at Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame with a dark, gloomy expression. His fists clenched tightly, a fierce, murderous glint flashing through his eyes.
"Heh heh, I fear you may have the life to take it, but not the life to use it!" Suddenly, an icy voice rang out beside the ears of the three. Zhu Kun, his expression cold and grim, slowly walked towards them.
"You want the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill?"
Hun Tiandi wiped a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth. He tilted his head to look at the dazzling cluster of light within the Transformation Pill Ring. The light cluster was like a galaxy; the energy of heaven and earth seemed to be condensed within it.
Staring at that dazzling cluster of light, a strange, eerie smile slowly crept across Hun Tiandi's face. Then...
"Boom—"
A tremendous boom, resounding across the entire Dou Qi Continent, came from beyond the distant plane...
The crowd locked in fierce battle within the Ancient Emperor's Mansion couldn't help but stir. They raised their heads as if sensing something. Then their expressions underwent a drastic change, for they saw a sky-piercing pillar of light shoot into the heavens. It was as if a great gaping rift had been torn open in the curtain of the sky.
From beyond the void, countless black meteorites, carrying annihilating radiance, suddenly descended from the heavens.
Surging, rolling demonic qi arrived and descended.
"Boom!"
Countless meteor-like streams of light heavily crashed onto the earth. The aftershocks utterly destroyed the continuous mountain ranges.
"What is that?!"
"A heavenly phenomenon! Could some rare treasure be emerging?!"
The massive commotion drew the attention of the people living in this area. Some, their hearts giving rise to greed, watched with fiery heat flashing in their eyes and shot towards the places where the meteorites had landed.
"Jie Jie Jie, are the ants of the Lower Planes always in such a hurry to come seeking death?"
However, just as their figures began to move, an incomparably cold and sinister voice suddenly rang out. Space distorted. A dark, sinister demonic claw materialized out of thin air, seizing one of the figures in its palm with a single grab.
Bang!
Before they could even resist, the demonic claw exerted force. Space exploded, and blood plasma burst forth violently.
The people who arrived afterward, seeing this shocking scene, felt their eyes nearly split from rage. Sensing the terrifying aura emanating from that demonic shadow, they all screamed in terror. Not daring to linger, their bodies transformed into countless afterimages, shooting away explosively.
This was no alluring rare treasure—this was the King of Hell demanding lives!
"Fresh blood and flesh... do you think you can escape from my clan's palm?" That demonic shadow, seeing this, couldn't help but curl its lips into a cruel, savage grin. Behind it, because of its words, waves of sinister, eerie laughter also rang out.
"Little ones, go and wreak havoc to your hearts' content!"
"For the glory of our clan, go and taint this land to your hearts' content!"
"Jie Jie Jie, such a filthy, foul world should be dyed in our clan's colors! Let us come and purify them!"
One after another, wanton, sharp, piercing laughs rang out. Across this land, countless demonic lights flickered. Demonic shadow after demonic shadow began sweeping overwhelmingly towards the distance.
Thud.
Suddenly, heaven and earth seemed to tremble for an instant. Gazing into the distance, a black line had suddenly appeared at the edge of the sky. That black line rapidly expanded. In merely a few short minutes, it had actually transformed into a sea of people with no end in sight, sweeping overwhelmingly to surround the Dou Qi Continent.
In just a few short minutes, the Extraterritorial Evil Clan had taught the people of the Dou Qi Continent a lesson.
The Extraterritorial Evil Clan had always fought against the people of the Great Thousand World. The energy cultivated by both sides was fundamentally the same. However, for cultivators of the Lower Planes, this created a fatal suppression.
Even though the Plane Spirit had begun frantically suppressing them the moment the Extraterritorial Evil Clan entered the Dou Qi Continent, they were still extremely ferocious and frenzied. The sky-covering demonic shadows howled in like a plague of locusts sweeping across the land. Demonic qi surged skywards, as if intending to overturn heaven and earth and change the very landscape...
In a short period, the Northern Continent of the Dou Qi Continent had completely fallen across the entire front. Across the vast continent, cruel and brutal great battles erupted everywhere. Demonic shadows howled; spiritual lights flickered and flashed—as if a grand fireworks gala had unfolded between heaven and earth.
It was just that these dazzling fireworks were forged from fresh blood.
Yet, even though the people of the Northern Continent mounted fierce resistance, they still couldn't halt the pace of the slaughter. This was because the most top-tier experts of the Dou Qi Continent were all gathered within the Ancient Emperor's Mansion. There simply weren't any experts of comparable level present to oppose them.
The battle lines advanced at an alarming speed. If one looked down from a bird's-eye view, one would discover that they were pushing towards the Central Plains at a shocking pace...
"The Extraterritorial Evil Clan has begun their attack!!!"
"How can this be?! Didn't Xiao Yan say there was still half a month's time? Even as of today, it's only been just over half that! How can this be!"
"So this is the power of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan... Truly ferocious and cruel! Can we really withstand their assault?!"
Within the Ancient Emperor's Mansion, everyone, through their own various means, saw the current state of the Dou Qi Continent. Expressions of shock, fear, and confusion appeared on their faces one after another...
"Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun... do you still want to continue this fight?!" Watching the sky-covering demonic shadows, a flash of surprise flickered through Hun Tiandi's eyes. He then tightly gripped the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill in his palm and looked at the two, speaking in a deep voice: "The situation is now clear to you. That Extraterritorial Evil Clan is immensely powerful. No matter what else, I am still a person of the Dou Qi Continent. Now that the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill is in my hands, how about you let me become a Dou Di? Otherwise, none of us will survive this catastrophe!"
Hearing Hun Tiandi's words, Gu Yuan couldn't help but sneer coldly. "And after you become a Dou Di, will you spare us then?"
"Why so much pointless chatter?! If you can become a Dou Di and lead the Dou Qi Continent through this crisis, then I can also become a Dou Di and still lead the Dou Qi Continent through this crisis! Why should I place my hopes on you?!"
"Hand over the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill—"
As Gu Yuan's words fell, Zhu Kun impatiently sneered. In the next instant, his entire form transformed into a beam of light and shadow, shooting towards Hun Tiandi.
Sensing Zhu Kun's movement, Gu Yuan, unwilling to be outdone, tapped his toes and similarly shot towards Hun Tiandi to attack.
Seeing this, Nihility Devouring Flame and the Hun Clan's Four Demon Saints immediately faced them as if confronting a great foe...
"Jie Jie..."
"This is what you forced me to do!" Seeing this, a strange, eerie smile appeared on Hun Tiandi's face. He stared at the dazzling cluster of light in his palm and sighed regretfully, "Nothing in this world can ever be absolutely perfect. I had originally intended to fully refine it into a complete Emperor Pill before borrowing its power to achieve a perfect breakthrough. It seems now... that's no longer possible."
"However..."
"Xiao Xuan... in this struggle, it is I who have ultimately won! You are not my equal!"
"Hahaha—"
Hun Tiandi laughed wildly, as if possessed by madness. Then, under the horrified gazes of the crowd, just as Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun were about to attack and reach him, he suddenly opened his mouth wide and swallowed that dazzling cluster of light in a single gulp!
The Emperor-grade Prototype Pill was thus swallowed into Hun Tiandi's body without any preparation whatsoever...
For pills above the ninth tier, because their medicinal power was far too vast, they all required corresponding supplementary medicines to be ingested together, helping to refine that enormous medicinal power.
The gap between the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill and a ninth-tier pill was like the difference between heaven and earth. Even ninth-tier pills required such measures, let alone an Emperor-grade pill. This was precisely why Hun Tiandi's action caused such shock among the crowd.
His swallowing the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill raw like that was nothing short of courting self-destruction!
"This guy... has gone mad..."
Zhu Kun, who had teleported over, watched the scene before him. The corner of his eye twitched involuntarily as he murmured to himself.
Even though they had long planned to let Hun Tiandi seize the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill intact, seeing Hun Tiandi swallow the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill in such a manner still made Zhu Kun stare blankly, unable to help himself.
Although this was only the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill, the energy it contained was terrifying to the extreme. If one were not careful, one would be forcibly bloated until one's body or even soul burst apart!
Hun Tiandi's actions truly carried the flavor of staking everything on a single throw!
It was only at this moment that Zhu Kun, for the first time in his heart, truly regarded Hun Tiandi, this unparalleled, ambitious hero, with a measure of respect!
Hun Tiandi's sudden action exceeded everyone's expectations. Even Nihility Devouring Flame, who stood behind him, had his expression change. His eyes then became somewhat dark and gloomy. Who didn't want to obtain the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill? Yet he never imagined that Hun Tiandi would so recklessly swallow it in a single gulp...
"Wretched scoundrel!"
Seeing this, Gu Yuan's expression also darkened. Intense killing intent surged in his eyes. He coldly shouted, "Hun Tiandi, you're courting death!"
"Haha! Courting death? That's not necessarily so!"
Hearing this, Hun Tiandi roared with laughter towards the heavens. The smile on his face was somewhat eerie. At this very moment, a dazzling, colorful radiance also began to emanate from within his body. The injuries previously inflicted by Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun's combined attacks healed completely in an instant. Wave after wave of heart-palpitating energy fluctuations slowly seeped out from within him.
Sensing the energy fluctuations within him that had suddenly become several times more powerful, Gu Yuan's expression immediately changed.
"He's merely borrowing a temporary eruption of the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill's power! Let's see whether you explode and die first, or I fall first!" Zhu Kun's eyes flickered. He wasn't panicked and spoke in a deep voice.
Zhu Kun's body practically moved with his thoughts. The moment the thought arose, he shot across the sky, hurtling explosively towards Hun Tiandi.
"Haha! As you are now, you are no match for me!" Seeing Zhu Kun charging towards him to attack, Hun Tiandi showed no fear whatsoever. With a great laugh, he clenched both fists, then abruptly punched out.
"Bang!"
As Hun Tiandi's twin fists punched out, two vacuum zones, each several thousand zhang wide, were directly torn open forcibly in the sky.
Sensing the fierce, violent wind that had suddenly become much more terrifying, Zhu Kun's expression remained unchanged. The glistening, crystalline white light in his palm surged forth once more. Unwilling to show weakness, he punched out in return.
"Boom—"
Instantly, two ear-splitting, deafening booms exploded across the sky.
A terrifying storm of destruction erupted between the fists of Hun Tiandi and Zhu Kun. The fearsome gale-force winds forcibly blasted the two of them back several hundred zhang.
Seeing this scene, Gu Yuan's expression immediately darkened. Not only because of the skyrocketing strength Hun Tiandi had gained from swallowing the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill, but also because Zhu Kun actually still had hidden trump cards.
"Nihility, let's go!"
Seeing that Zhu Kun still had hidden strength capable of withstanding his attacks, and with Gu Yuan eyeing them covetously from the side, Hun Tiandi's expression lost its earlier composure. He spoke to Nihility Devouring Flame beside him.
"Trying to run? Not so easy!"
At this moment, Gu Yuan seized the opportunity and let out a cold shout. Surging, sky-high Dou Qi churned, madly blasting towards Hun Tiandi.
However, facing Gu Yuan's offensive, Hun Tiandi merely waved his arm lightly, blocking all those attacks with relative ease.
Afterward, Hun Tiandi drew his finger across the space beside him. A spatial rift immediately materialized.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Seeing this scene, Gu Yuan's attacks grew increasingly frenzied. Heart-stopping, soul-trembling bolts of Dou Qi pierced through the void, continuously bombarding the Dou Qi defense before Hun Tiandi, sending up ripples of fluctuation.
In response, Hun Tiandi chose to simply ignore them. His palm grabbed downwards, forcibly drawing in those Hun Clan experts and tossing them directly into the spatial rift.
"Gu Yuan, in this contest for the prize, it is I who have ultimately triumphed!" After doing all this, Hun Tiandi repelled Gu Yuan with a single palm. Sweeping his gaze over the crowd, he grinned sinisterly, "When I have completely refined the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill, that day will be the doomsday of the Gu Clan, the Lei Clan, the Yao Clan... and the Ancient Dragon Clan."
Hearing Hun Tiandi's words, everyone's expressions instantly turned extremely ugly.
"Ah, right... I will take action to resolve the Dou Qi Continent's crisis. After all, this is also my homeland. I do not wish to see it fall into the hands of another race. So be it..."
As his voice faded, Hun Tiandi grabbed Nihility Devouring Flame and shot towards the spatial rift. Seeing this, Nihility Devouring Flame immediately grew extremely anxious, saying, "There's still my..."
However, before he could finish his words, he saw several bloody fissures split open on Hun Tiandi's neck. Understanding that the latter could no longer continue fighting, he could only grit his teeth unwillingly and shoot into the spatial rift.
"Boom—"
Watching the Hun Clan retreat, the crowd, unwilling to accept this, simultaneously launched Dou Qi attacks, blasting towards the spatial rift.
Unfortunately, they were all blocked by Hun Tiandi, whose strength had skyrocketed at this moment. However, he also paid a painful price for this. Bloody gashes burst open all over his body. Fresh blood sprayed out. In the blink of an eye, he was dyed completely into a figure of blood.
However, seizing this opportunity, Hun Tiandi, taking Nihility Devouring Flame with him, flickered once and vanished from the Ancient Emperor's Mansion.
"Swoosh!"
Gu Yuan's figure swiftly appeared at the location of the spatial rift. His palm surged with terrifying fluctuations, and he fiercely tore at the space. However, the space merely rippled for a moment; no rift appeared...
"Damned!" Seeing this scene, the expressions of Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun instantly became extremely ugly. The space within this Ancient Emperor's Mansion was far too stable. Even with their strength, they couldn't shake it. By the time they returned the way they came to give chase, Hun Tiandi would likely have long since fled without a trace.
"Useless trash! Nothing but a hindrance!" Just at that moment, Zhu Kun's cold voice rang out. Gu Yuan instantly stared at Zhu Kun with blood-red eyes.
Zhu Kun swept a contemptuous glance at Gu Yuan. Looking at the crowd, he spoke in a deep voice, "This place now belongs to my Ancient Dragon Clan! All of you, get out!"
Hearing Zhu Kun's domineering words, the expressions of the three clans and the Pill Tower members instantly changed. Although the most precious item in the Ancient Emperor's Mansion—the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill—had already been taken by the Hun Clan, there were still quite a few rare and wondrous treasures left behind. For instance, those hundred-plus volumes of Heaven Class Dou Techniques and cultivation methods.
No matter which clan it was, this was no small temptation.
"This place was discovered jointly by all of us! By what right does your clan alone claim it?!" From within the crowd, Yao Dan stared at Zhu Kun with an unsightly expression. The Yao Clan's strength was already weaker than the Gu Clan and Lei Clan to begin with. Moreover, alchemists were not adept at combat.
In the great battle with the Hun Clan, the Yao Clan had lost more than half of its experts. Having gained nothing at all, Yao Dan was naturally full of resentment in his heart. It was just that... Yao Dan seemed to have picked the wrong target for his anger.
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